Representatives of the three agreed in Brussels to work towards synchronising safety standards for children's toys in the first trilateral summit on product safety

Brussels has reacted with astonishment to a decision by China to postpone next week's EU-China summit in retaliation for visits by EU leaders with Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama.

China's economic reform, trade policy, diplomacy and overall relations with the EU were at the centre of attention in Brussels last week, as academics and officials gathered for a conference just days after Beijing had cancelled a planned summit with the EU.

Leaders from China and Europe will sign a new Science and Technology Agreement at next week's summit in Nanjing, where progress is also likely on a major near-zero emissions coal project.

China has postponed an annual summit meeting with the EU, the Europeans said in a statement. The Chinese were evidently angered by a new visit to several European countries by the Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama.

'Hard security' will be the main topic at the EU-Russia summit in the far-eastern Russian city of Khabarovsk near the border with China on 21-22 May, the country's ambassador to the EU told journalists in Brussels yesterday (13 May).

France says China is postponing a summit with the EU planned for next week because several European countries are hosting the Dalai Lama.

A couple of days ago I participated in the first ever Citizens’ Summit in Europe. 150 people from all walks of life across the EU got together in Brussels to hand over to top policy-makers in Brussels their recommendations on how to tackle the economic and social challenges facing Europe. This was the culmination of

Prime ministers from Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Poland and Hungary &# the so-called Visegrad group &# are meeting this morning (25 March) ahead of a two-day EU summit in Brussels to hammer out common positions on the EU's future diplomatic service and economic issues.

China warned two weeks ago that a planned meeting between Nicolas Sarkozy and the Dalai Lama could hurt relations between France and China.